05-15-2016, 08:18 PM
Rusthunting has been pretty bleak around here lately, but things finally turned around this weekend. Hit a random garage sale and asked if there might be any woodworking tools. The guy told me to follow him and showed me an old tool chest. After looking things over and agreeing on a price, I came home with this group.
its a nice old chest that has the key and actually locks. Inside were most of the following.
Nice group of Witherby chisels
Starrett 4" and 12" squares, Stanley #4 trammels, couple of nice folding rules and a handful of gouges.
There's a nice little Disston keyhole saw, a D-8 and a really nice Simonds with a double etch (although somebody put a Disston medallion on it), and one that has an etch telling me its by J.M. Warren
The Stanley 67 actually has both soles and the fence. The squares are Stanley as is the mortise gauge and the bevel gauge. There's also a Starrett #110 stair gauge along with the other stuff.
Naturally, the planes were what initially drew me in. The 7 and one of the 5s are Stanley, the 4 1/2 is a (sadly) Sargent Hercules, the other 5 is a Sargent VBM and the #3 looks like a Siegley. There were also a couple of wooden cases that had some goodies.
The auger bits are mostly Rj's, but there are a couple of Swans on the left.
The long augers will not be of any use to me, but the Stanley #237 level is pretty cool and should clean up quite nicely. As usual, there are a couple of things I couldn't identify and they are in this last pic. I'm pretty sure the hatchet is for roofing, but I've never seen a screwdriver with the arm on it like this or the little gizmo. If anyone can help me on those, I'd appreciate it.
I'm hoping to hit a few more finds like this.
its a nice old chest that has the key and actually locks. Inside were most of the following.
Nice group of Witherby chisels
Starrett 4" and 12" squares, Stanley #4 trammels, couple of nice folding rules and a handful of gouges.
There's a nice little Disston keyhole saw, a D-8 and a really nice Simonds with a double etch (although somebody put a Disston medallion on it), and one that has an etch telling me its by J.M. Warren
The Stanley 67 actually has both soles and the fence. The squares are Stanley as is the mortise gauge and the bevel gauge. There's also a Starrett #110 stair gauge along with the other stuff.
Naturally, the planes were what initially drew me in. The 7 and one of the 5s are Stanley, the 4 1/2 is a (sadly) Sargent Hercules, the other 5 is a Sargent VBM and the #3 looks like a Siegley. There were also a couple of wooden cases that had some goodies.
The auger bits are mostly Rj's, but there are a couple of Swans on the left.
The long augers will not be of any use to me, but the Stanley #237 level is pretty cool and should clean up quite nicely. As usual, there are a couple of things I couldn't identify and they are in this last pic. I'm pretty sure the hatchet is for roofing, but I've never seen a screwdriver with the arm on it like this or the little gizmo. If anyone can help me on those, I'd appreciate it.
I'm hoping to hit a few more finds like this.
Currently a smarta$$ but hoping to one day graduate to wisea$$
